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BET WINS MANLY MEMORIAL Beats The Brook in Most Valuable Jumping Race of the Year Pimlico s Greatest Crowd Sees SeesWonderful Wonderful Contest Through Throughthe the Field W 1C Coe fur ¬ nished the winner of the 10000 Manly Memorial Steeplechase at Iimlico this afternoon when his fiveyearold King James mare Bet beat the favorite The Itrook a neck in a driving finish Duett iste was third another neck away There were fourteen starters and all hut Kingstown Pier fin ¬ ished the course without a mishap In the early running Ilibler opened up a big gap and when he quit the Canadian horse Smithfield drew avay into a long lead and appeared to have the race at hU mercy until going to the fourteenth fence when he began to tire In the meantime Ket had been racing close up to the leaders and when called on moved into the lead and gamely withstood the terrific challenge of The Itrook The latter closed an immense gap anil had Crawford made his move a bit sooner tin result would probably have been different The nice was worth 8450 to the win ¬ ner It was one of the most sensational finishes ever seen in a jumping race anTl It aroused Yh7 spectators to i high pitch of enthusiasm Cipt J E Davis was much disapi ointed over the show ¬ ing of Brooks last years winner of the Manly He failed to figure prominently at any part of th nice niceAn An immense gathering turned out to witness the sport and the crowd was a record one for Iimlico Every available inch was crowded and speculation was keen i record also being established in thu handling of machines machinesGOOD GOOD DAY FOR R T WILSON WILSONK K T Wilsons colors were conspicuous today Thunderstorm and Corn Tassel carrying them to victory in the first and fourth nices respectively Both winners were ridden by jockey Ensor Corn Tassels victory came in the Forest Park Handicap the main attraction on the flat The withdrawal of Motor Cop from this nice sent Hollister to the post favorite The Macombcr representative set a fast pace for threequarters then unexpectedly quit and finished last Leocharess heavy impost told on him near the end after forcing the pace to the end endThe The threeyearold Currency provided a bit of surprise in the second nice when he led home Sn bahdar anil Milkman joint favorites and heavily supported supportedAnother Another unset came in the fifth when Deekmfite easily vanquished Douglass S the favorite Game Cock also substantially backed in this race showed a poor perform a nte nteBilly Billy Kellys appearance in the sixth race in ¬ vested that contest with more than ordinary in ¬ terest It proved nothing more than a stiff gallop for Commodore Boss champion championThe The mile and a half nice that wound up the days sport fell to Sky Pilot after a wellcontested fin ¬ ish with Woodthrush which set the pace to the last half mile before relinquishing the lead leadJoe Joe Macartney one of the track blacksmiths who suffered a broken leg as a result of being thrown and run over by the twoyearold Uneed yesterday morning died of his injuries this morning It developed that he was hurt internally internallyHenry Henry W Sage came over from New York to wit ¬ ness the running of the Manly Memorial this after uMin The limit Club set wen well represented large delegations coming from Virginia Phili d Iphia Boston and New York YorkANDREW ANDREW MILLER ON SICK LIST LISTWord Word readied here that Andrew Miller is con ¬ fined to his home with a severe cold and that it is not probable that he will be able to come to Maryland this fall v vJ J E Kelly foreman for J W Dayton who was left over at Laurel to look after the threeyearold jumper Aldeberry found a brown colt in one of the stalls in Stable It and is looking after the colt until some one turns up to claim him himA A draft of broodmares and the stallion Straphon which were offered in the paddock at Pimlico before the races this afternoon failed to elicit a bid and will probably lie shipped back to their owners farm in Virginia unless they are sold privately privatelyS S Louis disused of Franklin at private sale to H S Koppin of Detroit DetroitSteeplechase Steeplechase jockey U Cheyne has signed to ride for J E Davis next year yearJohn John 0 Byrne is making engagements for jockeys A Johnson and W Hamilton HamiltonJockey Jockey W Kuapps contract with W S Kilmer expired November 1 and lie is now riding as a free lance lanceAmong Among the prominent visitors at Pimlico this afternoon were Howard W Maxwell and T S Douglas wh race under the nom de course of the Bayside Stable and Herbert Pratt owner of Trnin pator
